There are some great rock and roll concert films: Martin Scorcese’s THE LAST WALTZ, with The Band and others; Jonathan Demme’s Talking Heads doc STOP MAKING SENSE with David Byrne, and now I’ve seen another great one: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: LIVE IN DUBLIN, a documentary on the concerts held at the Point Theater in Dublin, Ireland […]
Two of my recent script consultations freaked out when I gave them notes on their scripts. My notes were referred to as “Callous.” And “Not helpful at all.” Hmmm. Getting notes on a script you’ve worked your fingers to bone on is difficult stuff. I know. I’m terrible at getting notes. I get […]
I saw a musical comedy last night: THE PEOPLE VS FRIAR LAURENCE – The Man Who Killed Romeo and Juliet – at the Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks, California. There was piano player and a cast of twelve. It ran two and half hours, had close to thirty original songs. Everyone sang. Everyone […]
I watch a lot of documentaries. For me, it’s all about storytelling. In this day and age of evolving media, we’re not just screenwriters or just novelists, we’re storytellers – across media. These days, some of the best storytelling is happening in documentaries. They are fulfilling one of the original missions of movies – […]
What started as a laidback little book signing for my new book THE LAST WORD quickly turned ugly at Chevalier’s, our wonderful local independent bookstore in Larchmont, a semi-quaint enclave of expensive restaurants and upscale stores., Called for one o’clock, lines began to form early outside the store. When the doors didn’t open […]
I’ve seen two interesting films recently. TINY FURNITURE – Writer/Director Lena Dunham has fashioned an indie comedy which is so complete, so satisfying, so quirky and indie that you gotta like it. (Though, I recommended it to one my students and he didn’t get it at all. Others did) I guess it could qualify as […]
TOM LAZARUS WILL BE SIGNING HIS NEW BOOK AND ANSWERING YOUR SCREENWRITING QUESTIONS SATURDAY, AUGUST 18TH, FROM 1-3 pm CHEVALIER BOOKS 126 N. LARCHMONT BOULEVARD, L.A., 90004 Here’s a link to the official flier: lastword_flier (1)
Veteran book maven Connie Martinson interviewed me about THE LAST WORD, my new book. She’s a terrific interviewer and to my surprise asked me to read a couple passages from the book. It was a fun interview, with lots of information for the screenwriter. There are two parts, and nowhere do I discuss the Kim […]
In the last couple of weeks, three students, two who have taken a few Advanced Screenwriting Workshops of mine and the other who has done that and been in my Master Class on Screenwriting at UCLA Extension’s Writer Program, have done great in screenwriting competitions. One past student won first prize and cash for his […]
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